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Parent topics
- Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]
- Written language [r]: The communication and representation of a language by means of a writing system. [e]
- Writing system [r]: A set of signs used to represent a language, such as an alphabet, or a set of rules used to write a language, such as conventions of spelling and punctuation. [e]
Subtopics
- Writing [r]: The process of recording thoughts or speech in a visually or haptically retrievable manner. [e]
- Alphabet [r]: Writing system in which symbols - single or multiple letters, such as <t> or <ch> - represent phonemes (significant 'sounds') of a language. [e]
- Grapheme [r]: Unit of written language that may represent one or more phonemes, syllables, morphemes or words; e.g. in English <b> is a grapheme usually representing /b/, and <th> are two graphemes representing in some cases the single phoneme /θ/, in others the single phoneme /ð/. [e]
Other related topics
- Spoken language [r]: An example of language produced using some of the articulatory organs, e.g. the mouth, vocal folds or lungs, or intended for production by these organs; alternatively, the entire act of communicating verbally - what people mean or intend, the words they use, their accent, intonation and so on. [e]
- Chinese characters [r]: (simplified Chinese 汉字; traditional Chinese: 漢字) are symbols used to write varieties of Chinese and - in modified form - other languages; world's oldest writing system in continuous use. [e]
- Kanji [r]: (漢字) Chinese-derived characters used to write some elements of the Japanese language. [e]
